Hindi suffix

-वान

-vān
possessive / characterised-by

Register

Sanskritic

Productivity

mid

attaches to a sizeable but bounded set

Attaches to

N

allomorphs -वती, -मान

Status

Establisheddraft

mcgregor

Words built with -वान

आशावान
āśāvān
having hope
आशा+-वान
बलवान
balvān
having power
बल+-वान
दयावान
dayāvān
having compassion
दया+-वान

Does the same job elsewhere

Functional equivalents, placed in their lanes. Same register is noted; most differ.

English

  • -ful
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)
  • -ous
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs L)

French

  • -eux
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)

Hindi

this affix: -वान

    Telugu

    Tamil